FDR Presidential Library

Video 218

FDR: The Fighting President (Part lll)

Universal Films. FDR201-30-4 Fighting President (Part III) 10 mins. (399 ft), composite, b & w, 35 mm Audio track - except for 1st shot (oath of office) sound is Narration by Edwin C. Hill with music underneath. Continuation of film showing events leading to FDR's election. 1920: FDR nominated for vice president with Cox; campaigning: San Francisco; shots of FDR and children at Hyde Park. Arrival at Hyde Park at close of campaign. 1924: FDR with Al Smith - NYC convention 1928: Smith/FDR - Smith persuades FDR to run for Governor 1930: FDR swimming - Albany. Arrival of Mayor Jimmy Walker to testify against charges by Judge Seabury - NYC FDR201-30-4 Fighting President (Part III) (cont'd) 1932: Bonus Army rioting - Washington, DC. Chicago - DNC; excerpts from nomination speech of Alben Barkley William Gibbs McAdoo speaks for FDR; FDR flies to Chicago to acce pt nomination; speaks at convention, calls for new deal (spotty excerpts. Post-convention pictures: sailing with sons along New England coast, swimming with family.

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